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Comparison of DMRT3 genotypes among American Saddlebred horses with reference to gait.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2016
Regatieri I C, Eberth J E, Sarver F, Lear T L, Bailey E
Abstract excerpt
Horse owners choose whether or not to train American Saddlebred horses (ASHs) to perform the 4-beat gaits called rack and slow gait. The rack and slow gait are similar to ambling gaits shown to be associated with variation in the DMRT3 gene in other breeds but are trained rather than naturally occurring gaits. A premature stop codon in the DMRT3 gene (DMRT3_Ser301STOP) caused by the Ch23:g.22999655C>A SNP has an...
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